Good buying was observed in capital goods and IT sectors, while selling pressure was seen in healthcare and oil and gas sectors.

The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) of the S&P Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened at 27,902.71 points, was trading at 27,919.67 points (at 09.16 a.m.) in the early session, up 3.79 points or 0.01 percent from the previous day's close at 27,915.88 points.

The Sensex touched a high of 27,923.48 points and a low of 27,877.18 points in the trade so far.

The S&P capital goods index gained by 121.77 points and IT index moved up by 40.31 points. However, healthcare index dropped by 55.98 points and oil and gas index fell by 28.18 points.

The wider 50-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) was also trading flat at 9.70 points or 0.12 percent up at 8,348 points.